Slave bill of sale for a girl named Maria. Maria was sold to Thomas Swafford Jr. for $450 by Daniel F. Cocke. Maria is sold with the purpose of being "a slave for life" and is described as being 11 years old, "sound, healthy," and "sensible." A....

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Can we permit her to take her flight and leave our
land an unresisting prey to the desires of evil and ambi-
tious men[?], the dark designs of tyrants, is the egnominious sway
of […] Can we so far forget the debt of gratitude we
owe to those...